Bug in strptime in Python 2.3.3

[Holger Joukl]

>I still think there is something missing in the way %w is handled
>(note: it is lower case for weekday)
>
>I'd like to know what is missing in _strptime.py for %w handling
>between pre-python 2.3 and post 2.3?

Andy,
If you want to get closer to pre-python 2.3
behaviour you could modify the patch code I posted. E.g. instead of this

527     if weeknr_set:
            # correct julian to be the given weekday (which defaults to 0)
            julian += weekday - datetime_result.weekday()
            if julian < 1:
                # ignore negative values, stay in the current year
                julian = 1

you might want to do s.th. like

527     if weeknr_set:
            # correct julian to be the given weekday (which defaults to 0)
            julian += weekday - datetime_result.weekday()  + (weekday != 6)
* 7
            ##if julian < 1:
                # ignore negative values, stay in the current year
            ##    julian = 1

This is still different with regard to %U values of 0 (days in the previous
year),
but it seems closer to previous python versions. Then again this might
differ
depending on the C libraries on the machine (?).

You might also want to add a weeknr_set = False in the "elif group_key
== 'j'"-section
to have a given julian day override any week number arguments.

Regards
   Holger

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